Christiane Buggs is Chair of the Metro Nashville Public School Board of Education. As a former middle school math teacher, consistent volunteer and new mother, she considers herself a life-long educator. Buggs is a Nashville native and product of MNPS. She is also a founding board member of The Equity Alliance, a Nashville based 501c3 that seeks to educate, engage, and empower minorities around the civic process. Buggs’ full-time role at United Way of Greater Nashville is Manager of Literacy Partnerships for the Blueprint for Early Childhood Success, a citywide initiative focused on increasing
literacy in our youngest learners.